Safe

Waffle sandwich

by MorningStar Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028989104953 · MorningStar Farms. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028989104953 · Serving size 1 sandwich (132 g)

The verdict

Waffle sandwich by MorningStar Farms scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Plant Based Chik'n Patty, Water, Wheat Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0028989104953
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

89104953 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Waffle sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Chik'n Fries · ±0 BOOK-OFF …104953 · July 2026

13 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 89104953 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Chik'n Fries · Nearest score peer is Chik'n Fries at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Waffle sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Waffle sandwich100/1002. Chik'n Fries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chik'n Fries100/1003. Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets100/1004. wholegrain oat flakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. wholegrain oat flakes100/1005. BIO+ BIOLOGISCHE KOKOSOLIE GEURLOOS BAKKEN EN BRAD: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. BIO+ BIOLOGISCHE KOKOSOLI…100/100
High-band neighbours for Waffle sandwich (100/100) outside MorningStar Farms.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Waffle sandwich
100/100
Chik'n Fries
100/100
Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets
100/100
wholegrain oat flakes
100/100
BIO+ BIOLOGISCHE KOKOSOLIE GEURLOOS BAKKEN EN BRAD
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Waffle sandwich lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Plant Based Chik'n Patty
2
Water
3
Wheat Flour
4
Soy Protein Isolate
5
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Corn
8
Canola
9
Organic Sunflower
10
Yellow Corn Flour
11
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
16
Yeast Extract
17
Spices
18
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Natural Flavors
21
Leavening
22
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
23
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
24
Color Added
25
Paprika Color
26
Onion Powder
27
Yeast
28
Paprika Extract Color
29
Garlic Powder
30
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Potassium Salt
32
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
33
Plant Based Liége Style Waffle
34
Shortening
35
Soybean Oil
36
Mono - And Diglycerides
37
Pearl Sugar
38
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Plant Based Egg
40
Soy Flour
41
Corn Syrup Solids
42
Sodium Alginate
43
Soy Lecithin
44
Turmeric And Annatto Extract For Color
45
Wheat And Soy Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

plant based chik'n patty (water, wheat flour, soy protein isolate, wheat gluten, vegetable oil [corn, canola and/or sunflower], yellow corn flour, wheat starch, sugar, maltodextrin, salt, dextrose, yeast extract, spices, tapioca starch, cornstarch, natural flavors, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate], color added, paprika color, onion powder, yeast, paprika extract color, garlic powder, citric acid, potassium salt, xanthan gum), plant based liége style waffle (wheat flour, water, shortening [soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides], pearl sugar, invert sugar, wheat gluten, plant based egg [soy flour, wheat gluten, corn syrup solids, sodium alginate], sugar, salt, yeast, soy lecithin, natural flavors, turmeric and annatto extract for color). contains wheat and soy ingredients.

Other products containing Plant Based Egg

Plant Based Egg is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Waffle sandwich

Neighbours outside MorningStar Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Waffle sandwich (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within MorningStar Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Waffle sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Waffle sandwich's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0028989104953: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.